Senior Liaison Officer, P-5, Fixed-Term, Sudan Country Office, based mostly in Nairobi, Kenya
Job no: 577307
Position sort: Fixed Term Appointment
Location: Sudan
Division/Equivalent: Amman(MENA)
School/Unit: Sudan
Department/Office: National Team, Sudan
Categories: Executive Management
UNICEF works in over 190 nations and territories to save lots of youngsters’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by way of adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and happy with what we do. Promoting the rights of each youngster isn’t just a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our employees numerous alternatives for private {and professional} improvement that may assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We pleasure ourselves on a tradition that helps employees thrive, coupled with a lovely compensation and advantages bundle.
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For each youngster, safety.
Sudan, surrounded by the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Libya and South Sudan, has been confronted with a warfare which broke out in April 2023 with large impacts within the nation itself, in addition to spillover impacts to its neighboring nations and past. Sudan is by dimension the third greatest nation in Africa, with a various inhabitants of round 48 million individuals. Sudan’s youngsters make up half of the whole inhabitants. Of these, 14 million youngsters are in dire want of humanitarian help, 5 million are forcefully displaced (together with 4 million internally displaced, and 1 million in search of refugee throughout borders), near 4 million are acute malnourished, 17 million will not be in class, and thousands and thousands uncovered to abuse, violence and exploitation.
Find out extra: https://www.unicef.org/sudan/
How are you able to make a differen c e?
The Senior Liaison officer experiences to the CO Representative for basic supervision and route. The Senior Liaison officer serves because the principal adviser on the general inside coordination and illustration of SCO in Nairobi. The Senior liaison Officer will intently collaborate with the SCO partnership unit based mostly in Nairobi to make sure coherence of actions and actions. Outposted in Nairobi, he/she helps inside dialogue with all areas concerned in supporting SCO (at the moment MENARO / ESARO / WCARO), in addition to performing as focus for interagency discussions / discussion board.
Summary of key features/accountabilities:
1. CO illustration for inside regional dialogue
- Represent SCO in ESA Regional Office and help intercountry coordination at regional stage
- Support coordination with all UNICEF Regional Offices (ESARO, MENARO, WACARO) concerned within the Sudan Crisis Response
- Promote SCO applications curiosity at UNICEF regional stage.
- Support Office to Office coordination at regional stage (i.e. ESARO and South Sudan // WCARO and Chad) and every other nation within the two areas which will turn out to be related within the context of the Sudan disaster
- Participate in UN conferences organized at regional stage, in session with the Sudan nation workplace, and the 2 regional places of work of ESARO and MENARO and guarantee an energetic sharing info system with SCO, ESARO and MENARO
2. Representation, at UN System coordination at regional stage
- Represent UNICEF (as applicable/delegated) in UN organizational, regional, occasions and key conferences to contribute to strategic discussions coverage dialogue, focus on initiatives, report on progress achieved, current papers/concepts and/or advocate UNICEF’s imaginative and prescient within the Country that’s in keeping with UNICEF Strategic Plan and actions.
- Represent UNICEF SCO Representative to collaborate with UN system companions to strengthen UN system interagency coherence, collaboration, cooperation and harmonization of programming, widespread companies and operations. Ensure organizational place, pursuits and priorities are totally thought-about.
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Collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNSDCF (One) nation improvement planning of programmes/tasks focus on at regional stage.
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- Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with UN companies at regional to advocate UNICEF objectives to advance kid’s proper to survival, improvement and effectively being, mobilize sources, search cooperation and set up alliances.
- Develop and preserve intensive community with UN companies to advertise SCO curiosity.
3. Support to cross border program operationalization
- Participate in conferences/occasions with UN companies to contribute to strategic programme discussions, planning and assessments.
- Reports on advert’hoc foundation to the CO of regional dynamic associated to UN methods and orientations
- Promote entry and UNICEF mandate to actors based mostly or transiting in Nairobi in coordination with ESARO
To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have…
Minimum necessities:
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Education: An superior college diploma in one of many following fields is required: social sciences, worldwide relations, authorities and public relations, public or social coverage, sociology, social or neighborhood improvement, or one other related technical area.
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Work Experience: A minimal of ten years {of professional} improvement expertise that mixes technical and managerial management in improvement cooperation on the worldwide stage, a few of which served in creating nations is required.
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Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables:
- Relevant skilled expertise in any UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
- Familiarity with emergency.
- Knowledge of one other official UN language or native language of the responsibility station is taken into account as an asset.
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (Level 3)
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (Level 3)
(3) Drive to attain outcomes for affect (Level 3)
(4) Innovates and embraces change (Level 3)
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (Level 3)
(6) Thinks and acts strategically (Level 3)
(7) Works collaboratively with others (Level 3)
(8) Nurtures, leads and manages individuals (Level 3)
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should replicate the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF household is dedicated to incorporate everybody, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
We supply a variety of measures to incorporate a extra numerous workforce, equivalent to paid parental depart, time without work for breastfeeding functions, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals beneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer extra info to conduct a background test.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments can also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will likely be canceled.
Remarks
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s energetic dedication to range and inclusion is important to ship the perfect outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates are inspired to apply.
Government staff who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the suitable to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or needed inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing price at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., software stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account info.
Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inside candidate performing on the stage of the submit within the related purposeful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the submit, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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Advertised: Nov 18 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
Application shut: Dec 02 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
